Sealing-wax lamp.



E. GOSLINER.

SEALING WAX LAMP.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 6, 19 12.

7 1,077,527, Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

WITNESSES ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELKAN GOSLINER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

SEALING-WAX LAMP.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELKAN GOSLINER, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSealingWaX Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

The hereinafter described invention relates to a new and improved lamp,particularly adapted for the burning of alcohol or other liquid fuel,and designed for the melting of sealing wax or the like, when the sameis to be utilized in the sealing of letters or packages, and has for itsprincipal object to provide a lamp having burners which are soconstructed and arranged that the flame therefrom will thoroughly meltthe wax when properly placed thereover, and the wax when melted willdrop between the burners and onto the article to be sealed, and will inno way interfere with the burner flame.

Another and important object is to provide a lamp of the above type inwhich the burners thereof are so constructed as to be telescoped withinthe body of the lamp when not in use, and to be inclosed by the burnercover or snufling device.

A further and important object is to provide a lamp of the abovecharacter that is thoroughly eflicient for the purpose designed, issimple in construction, and one which may be manufactured at a smallcost.

With the above mentioned. and other objects in View, the inventionconsists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointedout in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that variouschanges in the form, proportion, size, and minor details ofconstruction, within the scope of the appended claims, may be resortedto without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any advantages ofthe invention.

To fully comprehend the invention reference should be had to theaccompanying drawings in which is disclosed one form of my invention,wherein-- Figure 1 is a View in elevation of my improved lamp with thewick-arms telescoped within the fuel reservoir, and the cover positionedover the same. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but with the coverre- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

Application filed. August 6, 1912. Serial No. 713,552.

moved. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view with the wick-arms withdrawnfrom their telescoped position and extending over the side of the basein operative position. Fig.

4 is a top plan view with the arms withdrawn from their telescopedposition and extending over the side of the base in operative position.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the reference numeral 1indicates a suitable lamp base constructed of any suitable materialpreferably glass, and formed with a reservoir or well 2 adapted tocontain the fuel to be burned and provided with a scalloped peripheraledge 3 and with a semi-circular cut-out 1, arranged preferably at onecorner of the base. A plate 5 of a size and configuration of the well orreservoir 2 is adapted to be inserted within the opened end thereof, andclose the same, and said plate is provided in its surface with asuitable opening 6, from the underside of which projects a tubularflange 7 provided on its lower edge with a peripheral laterallyprojecting flange 8 between which flange and the underside of the plate5 is positioned a suitable packing 9. the same surrounding the tubularflange 7, and the peripheral edges thereof extending to the edges of theplate 5. The packing 9 is preferably of cork and is adapted tofrictionally engagethe walls of the well or reservoir 2, and retain theplate in position thereover.

A tubular guide 10 is inserted a short distance within the opening 6 inthe plate 5, the inner face of the tubular flange 7 frictionallyengaging the outer face of the guide 10 and maintaining the same inposition. The guide 10 is provided in its side face with a pair ofparallel extending slots 11, arranged adjacent each other, and the upperend of the slots terminating in semicylindrical apertures 12 in theupper end of the guide 10.

T elescopically mounted in the tubular guide 10 is a pair of parallelspaced tubular wick-arms 12, united at their inner ends by thetransverse member 13, and diverging from each other, and bent upwardlyas at 14 at their outer ends. One of said arms is adapted to operatethrough each of the slots 11 in the guide 10, and when said arms are intheir telescoped position within the guide 10 the curved portion 14thereof rest-s against the edges of the apertures 12, and limits thedownward movement of the arms into the well or reservoir 2.

A wick 15 is positioned in each wick-arm, and extends into the well orreservoir 2 and conveys the fuel therefrom through the wiclearms to theouter open ends thereof, that the same may be lighted and produce aflame for melting the wax.

The plate 5 is provided on its upper surface with an annular upstandingflange 16 which provides a seat for and is adapted to frictionallyengage the inner walls of the lower open end of a cap 17, the sameadapte ed to be positioned over the plate, when the wick-arms are intheir telescoped position and provide a snufier for extinguishing theflame and a cover for the lamp.

A semi-circular cut-out 18 is formed in the flange l6, and the sameprovides a rest for the wick-arms when in their substantiallyhorizontalposition and extending over the side of the base 1, as in Fig. 4 of thedrawings. i

When it is desired to fill the well or reservoir with fuel, the tubularguide 10 is withdrawn from within the opening 6 in the plate, 5 and thefuel is permitted to enter therethrough; the annular upstanding flange16 preventing any fuel that may be poured on the upper surface of theplate 5 from.

running over the base 1 of the lamp.

The parts being assembled as in the drawing, and it is desired to usethe lamp, the operator removes the cover therefrom, slides the wick-armsupwardly through the openings in the top of the guide tube and swingsthe same downwardly in the slots in the side of the tube until the anusrest in the out-out 18 in the flange 16, the arms projecting over thesemi-circular cut-out 4c in the lamp base 1, as in Fig. 4 of thedrawings. The article to be sealed is positioned below the circularcut-out 4, and with the place to receive the sealing wax between theends of the wick-arms, and it will be observed that the wax to beapplied when held above the flame and between the ends of the wiclearms,that the melted wax will drop between the wick-arms and onto the articleto which'it is to be applied, and the wax in dropping will in no wayinterfere with or extinguish the flame as is the case with the lamps ofthis character now in use. When the operator has finished with the lampthe flame may either be first extinguished, the arms then telescopedwithin the guide and the cover applied, or the arms may be telescopedwithin the guide with the flame burning and when the cover is appliedthe same will be extinguished or snuffed out.

In the employment of a lamp constructed as hereinbefore described aconsiderable saving of sealing wax is effected over the lamps now inuse, as in the present device the wax when melted drops between theburners and onto the desired spot of the article to be sealed where itis needed, and is not dropped on several places of the article, or onthe lamp as is the case with devices new in, use where the lamp is heldin one hand and,

the wax in the other.

Havin thus full described in invention.

what is claimed as new and is desired to be protected by Letters Patentis l. A lamp of the character described, the

same comprising a base having a reservoir formed therein for receivingthe fuel, a closure for said reservoir, and parallel spaced wick-armstelescopically mounted in said closure.

2. A lamp of the character described, the

same comprising a base having a reservoirformed therein for receivingthe fuel, a clo sure for said reservoir, and parallel spaced wick-armstelescopically mounted in said closure and extending laterally over andbe yond the edge of said base.

l. A lamp of the character described, the same comprising a base havinga reservoir formed therein for receiving the fuel, a clo sure for saidreservoir, and parallel spaced wick arms pivotally and telescopicallymounted in said closure and adapted when in operative position to extendlaterally over and beyond the edge of said base, and when in inoperativeposition to be teleseoped within said closure.

A lamp of the character described, the same comprising a base having areservoir formed therein for receiving the fuel, a. closure for saidreservoir, a guide tube removably mounted within said closure, andparallel spaced wick-arms pivotally mounted in said guide tube andadapted to extend lat erally over and beyond the edge of said base andcapable of telescoping within said guide tube. V

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELKAN GOSIIINER.

Witnesses I HARRY G. To'rrnu, D. B. RICHARDS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C."

